Variable governor-gear for internal-combustion engines.



APPLICATION FILED MAYY. I915- Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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A. KING VARIABLE GOVERNOR GEAR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLICAHON FILED MAYI, 1915.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ALICK KING, OF LOWESTOFT, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO 'IORBINIA ENGINEERING COMPANY (1916) LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

VARIABLE GOVERNOR-GEAR FOB. INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, I917.

' Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 26,613.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Anton KING, a subject of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 351 London road, Lowestoft, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Variable Governor-Gear for Internal- Combustion Engines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved variable governor gear for internal combustion engines, and although more especially is not exclusively intended for use with oil engines of the semi-Diesel type.

The invention is suitable by modification to singleor multi-cylinder'engines, either of the marine or stationary type.

The drawings are given as examples of the practical application of the invention, and not as confining me precisely to the details shown thereon.

Figure 1 shows a front view, with parts in section, of an improved governor gear as constructed in accordance with the present invention; and

Fig. 2 shows a similar view with a pump device mounted in connection therewith.

The same lettering indicates the same parts wherever they occur on the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, I provide on the engine crankshaft a an eccentric b, surrounding which and free to move circumferentially thereon, is a second or outer eccentric 0 having a strap of the usual kind, and the outer eccentric c is connected by a link 6 or other means with one of the weights 7 of a centrifugal governor attached to the engine flywheel g.

A roller 0 on one arm D of a bell-crank lever pivoted at E is in frictional contact with the periphery of the outer eccentric c, and the free end of D being in contact with the spring-controlled plungers n of the fuel-pump 0, the plunger will be pushed in, or allowed to spring out according to the part of the periphery of the outer eccentric c which is in contact with the roller 0.

To enable the roller G to be put out of contact with the eccentric c, a hand lever F is provided. This is pivoted at Gr and has an outstanding arm 11 which is in contact with a stud I in the second arm J of the bell-crank.

.9 indicates the fuel supply pipe from the tank, t the strainer, and q the pipe leading to the sprayer or equivalent.

The bell-crank D, J, may be dispensed with and the plunger operated directly by the periphery of the eccentric c.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a device of the character described, the combination of a pump provided with a plunger, spring means for projecting said plunger, a bell-crank lever arranged with one arm engaging against said plunger, a roller carried in said arm, a speed-responsive device, an inner rotatable eccentric, an outer eccentric fitted over said inner eccentric and connected to be shifted from said speed-responsive device, said outer eccentric bearing against and operating said roller, and a lever for engaging the other arm of said bell-crank to shift the roller from contact with said outer eccentric, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I alfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALICK KING.

Witnesses:

W. BYARD FORWARD, E. BARNARD.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. 0. 

